The women's 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

 was held at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...

 on 29, 31 August and 2 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...

Note. The silver medal was originally won by Yelena Soboleva

Yelena Soboleva

Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...

 of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 but she was eventually stripped off after being banned for manipulating drug samples..

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2007	10:00	Heats
August 31, 2007	19:35	Semifinals
September 2, 2007	20:10	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

WR

World record

AR

Area record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...		4:09.05	Q
	1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...		4:09.47	Q
	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:09.52	Q
	1	Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships...		4:09.58	Q
	1	Hilary Stellingwerff		4:09.60	Q
	1	Abby Westley		4:09.67	Q
	1	Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...		4:10.02	q
	2	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...		4:10.03	Q
	2	Viola Kibiwot Viola Kibiwot Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is a runner form Kenya who specialises in 1500 metres.Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she took the bronze medal for Kenya...		4:10.53	Q
10	2	Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships....		4:10.61	Q
11	1	Natalya Panteleyeva		4:10.69	q
12	3	Treniere Clement		4:10.85	Q
13	2	Erin Donohue Erin Donohue Erin Donohue is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Donohue qualified for the U.S...		4:10.89	Q
14	3	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...		4:10.96	Q
15	1	Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.81 min *1500 metres - 4:05.01 min...		4:10.98	q
16	3	Sonja Roman Sonja Roman Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....		4:11.04	Q
17	3	Lisa Corrigan		4:11.11	Q
18	3	Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....		4:11.22	q
19	2	Dolores Checa Dolores Checa Dolores Checa is a Spanish middle-distance and long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		4:11.24	q
19	3	Marina Muncan		4:11.24	q
21	3	Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics...		4:11.51
22	3	Carmen Douma-Hussar		4:12.10
23	3	Qing Liu Liu Qing (athlete) Liu Qing is a female Chinese middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.At the 2005 Summer Universiade she finished fourth in the 800 m and won a bronze in the 1500 m, and at the 2006 Asian Games she finished seventh and sixth. She competed in both events at the 2007 World...		4:12.71
24	2	Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 24.85 s *400 metres - 53.08 s *800 metres - 1:59.65 min...		4:14.38
25	2	Cristina Vasiloiu		4:15.43
26	2	Wioletta Frankiewicz		4:18.59
27	1	Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas Christin Wurth-Thomas is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Wurth-Thomas competed for the United States in the women's 1500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		4:20.21
28	3	Mestawot Tadesse		4:20.46
29	2	Ragnhild Kvarberg		4:21.22
30	1	Mika Yoshikawa		4:21.64
31	2	Siham Hilali Siham Hilali Siham Hilali is a female middle distance runner Morocco who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:06.17 min *1500 metres - 4:04.03 min *3000 metres - 9:03.16 min...		4:22.12
32	1	Aishath Reesha		5:45.25
33	3	Wanumbi Kapia		5:45.99
	2	Yuliya Fomenko		DSQ	*
	3	Yelena Soboleva Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...		DSQ	*

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.

Semifinals

Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...		4:03.84	Q
	2	Viola Kibiwot Viola Kibiwot Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is a runner form Kenya who specialises in 1500 metres.Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she took the bronze medal for Kenya...		4:03.97	Q
	2	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		4:04.19	Q, SB
	2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...		4:05.25	Q
	2	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:05.80	q
	2	Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships...		4:06.99	q, SB
	2	Marina Muncan		4:08.02	NR Serbian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Serbia maintained by its national athletics federation: Atletski Savez Srbije .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratifiedht = hand timing-External links:* *...
	2	Treniere Clement		4:08.32
	2	Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships....		4:08.39
10	2	Sonja Roman Sonja Roman Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....		4:08.60	SB
11	2	Lisa Corrigan		4:08.79
12	1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...		4:14.86	Q
13	1	Natalya Panteleyeva		4:15.22	Q
14	1	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...		4:15.36	Q
15	1	Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....		4:15.43	Q
16	1	Hilary Stellingwerff		4:15.99
17	1	Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...		4:16.20
18	1	Abby Westley		4:16.21
19	1	Erin Donohue Erin Donohue Erin Donohue is an American athlete who competes in middle distance track events. Donohue qualified for the U.S...		4:16.41
20	1	Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.81 min *1500 metres - 4:05.01 min...		4:17.97
21	1	Dolores Checa Dolores Checa Dolores Checa is a Spanish middle-distance and long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		4:20.44
22	1	Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru		4:21.50
	1	Yuliya Fomenko		DSQ	*
	2	Yelena Soboleva Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...		DSQ	*

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal is a Bahraini middle distance runner.Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of 2005 with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo...		3:58.75	SB
	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...		4:00.69	SB
	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		4:00.82	SB
	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner. She was born in Marrakech.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:00.77 min *3000 metres - 8:29.52 min *5000 metres - 14:36.52 min -References:...		4:01.52	PB
	Viola Kibiwot Viola Kibiwot Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is a runner form Kenya who specialises in 1500 metres.Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she took the bronze medal for Kenya...		4:02.10	PB
	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...		4:07.61	NR Namibian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Namibia maintained by Namibia's national athletics federation: Athletics Namibia .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timingOT = oversized track-External links:...
	Natalya Panteleyeva		4:07.82
	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:08.64
	Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....		4:10.56
10	Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila Iris Fuentes-Pila is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships...		4:14.00
	Yuliya Fomenko		DSQ
	Yelena Soboleva Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...		DSQ